Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting a bicycle seat to a bicycle seat post. The assembly includes a housing defining a hollow opening downwardly to allow the upper end of the bicycle seat post to be passed upwardly into the hollow; a generally horizontal bore in the housing opening in the opposite side faces of the housing and sized to pass a fastener to facilitate fastening of the connector member to the frame of the bicycle seat; a circumferential array of serrations on each of the opposite side faces of the housing concentric with the bore for coaction with circumferentially arrayed serrations on the bicycle seat frame to allow adjustment of the angular position of the seat relative to the seat post upon loosening of the fastener; a vertical clamping surface defined in the housing in confronting relation to the hollow; and a clamping jaw slidably mounted in the hollow of the housing and having a vertical clamping surface coacting with the housing clamping surface to clamp the bicycle post therebetween.

Abstract: A stopper device comprises a rod member having a diameter which is the same as the outer diameter of the free end of the auxiliary handlebar. The rod member further includes a fastening shaft attached to the lower end portion of the rod member. The fastening shaft can be inserted into the free end of the auxiliary handlebar securing the rod member thereof. A supporting rod member is angularly formed on the upper end of the rod member and provides a solid support to the thumb of the rider.

Abstract: A fence frame is disclosed that preferably comprises galvanized steel posts that provide an accessible flat surface or surfaces parallel with the surface of the transverse railings and through which are applied holding bolts for securing the post to adjoining ends of railing sections. The posts include at least one strengthening vertical bend. One post structure employs a tubular post support joined to the fence railing sections using a tubing-clamp-and-rail-hanger combination that allows the tubing surface to be firmly held by a piece that integrally has suitable flat-sided structures for attaching to the adjacent railing sections. Corner posts employing the same basic structure as the in-line posts or specifically designed posts are provided. The fence frame comprised of posts and railings are suitable for receiving a fence covering made up of aluminum sheet panels, plastic panels, wood pickets, plastic pickets, metal rods or other coverings of choice.

Abstract: A bicycle seat mount includes an arcuate saddle welded to the upper end of a tubular post for supporting a two-piece clamping assembly. A clamping bolt extends upwardly through the saddle and aligned slots in the clamping members into meshed engagement with a specially constructed nut seated in an arcuate recess in the upper surface of the upper clamping member. The nut is rockably engaged with the clamping member so as to achieve a desired pressure engagement with the clamping member surface in various adjusted positions of the clamping assembly.

Abstract: A shaft assembly for connecting the screen cover of a portable computer to the computer body and permitting permits the cover to be pivoted and maintained at a desired angle of use. The assembly includes a hollow shaft provided with an expandable conical claw which is frictionally engaged within a rotatable positioning ring on which the screen cover is mounted, so that pivoting of the cover will cause the ring to rotate relative to the hollow shaft and be frictionally maintained in a given angle of rotation relative to the hollow shaft.

Abstract: A bicycle seat post clamping assembly is formed from a simple tube attached perpendicularly to the top of a seat post. A clamping member is formed from a cylindrical member which is separated into three portions by two cuts, each of which runs from one end of the cylindrical piece to the circumference adjacent the center. Grooves in the main portion accommodate the rails of the seats and a fastening member serves to draw the three pieces together thus wedging them into the tube attached to the top of the seat post thereby allowing ease of adjustment of the angle of the seat as well as the fore and aft positioning thereof.

Abstract: An attachment system for the holder of the operating device of a radiophone allows the holder to be turned into various directions step-by-step. The attachment system is formed of a joint (8, 9) comprised of three parts, which parts with grooved surfaces are turnable in relation to each other and lockable in the desired position by using their grooved surfaces and an attachment piece (11).

Abstract: A bicycle seat adapter which is positioned between the bicycle seat and the bicycle seat post to provide a wider range of seat positions. This device offers a rider alternative seat positions which increases rider comfort, improves the riders aerodynamic position and manages energy transfer from the rider's legs to the drive train.

Abstract: A hopper assembly has an upwardly facing mouth for receiving granular or powder materials, and structured and arranged for preventing or reducing the escape of material from the hopper. The assembly includes at least one resiliently flexible baffle extending obliquely downwards from a substantially fixed, generally horizontally extending top edge portion to a free edge portion. Another member may be provided having an edge portion in the vicinity of and extending substantially parallel to the free edge portion of the baffle. The baffle is arranged with respect to the other member such that if material to be received by the hopper assembly falls onto the baffle, the weight of the material tends to cause the baffle to deflect away from the other member, permitting the material to fall between the baffle and the other member. Being resilient, the baffle returns or tends to return to its original position.

Abstract: A saddle pillar for bicycles and the like comprises a support element fixable to the bicycle frame and having a head on which a device for supporting and clamping the saddle is mounted in an adjustable position. The latter comprises a lower support and an upper bracket between which a part of the load-bearing structure of the saddle is interposed, and clamping means which urge the lower support and the upper bracket against each other and against the head of the support element to clamp the part of the load-bearing structure of the saddle. The head of the support element is provided with adjustment means for effecting a variation of the position of the device for clamping the saddle to the head of the support element after the release of the clamping means. The clamping means preferably comprise a lever device for rapid clamping and release, while the adjustment means comprise a micrometric adjustment device.

Abstract: An anchoring device comprising an angular holder and a support member. The angular holder has a vertical holding portion, a horizontal supporting portion and a plurality of teeth. A toothed portion of the support member engages the teeth of the supporting portion. The teeth of the supporting part and/or the toothed portion of the support member are arcuate. The support member is adjustable on the supporting portion in a horizontal plane both in a longitudinal and transverse direction.

Abstract: A mounting device for a fog lamp including a support mounted at an approximate position on a vehicle; rounded protrusions formed on the two sides of the support; a pair of rotating parts having rounded depressions engageable with the protrusions; and a pair of bolts swivelingly connecting the parts with the support; the above-mentioned rotating parts acting a bridges to affix the frame of the fog lamp.

Abstract: A computer support includes a base member to which an inner swing arm is pivotally mounted with an outer swing arm being pivotally mounted on the outer end of the inner swing arm and supporting a platform support by a lazy-susan bearing on its outer end. The pivotal connections are provided by pivot shafts over which pivot sleeves are positioned with upper and lower spaced roller bearing sets therebetween and a low-friction load bearing sleeve of substantial hardness engaging the lower end of each pivot sleeve to support same. Brake/lock means at each pivot permits retention of the arms in any desired rotational position in separate horizontal planes of movement.

Abstract: A handle mounted on the top of the handle post of an ergometer is made up of a parallel rod and handle grips extended from both ends of the parallel rod, each of the handle grips is L-shaped, consisting of a gripping rod and an upright rod, the handle grips being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the parallel rod.

Abstract: Apparatus for erection of arcuate walls of poured concrete has one or more deformable sheathings secured to turnable supports which are movably secured to one another by composite girders having alternating rigid variable-length links and fixed-length connectors which are affixed to the supports. The angular positions of the supports are changed by changing the length of the links. Locking devices are provided to hold the links against angular movement relative to the neighboring connectors when the sheathing assumes the desired shape. The locking devices can constitute separable components or they may be permanently mounted on and/or integrated into the links and/or connectors.

Abstract: A concrete serpentine noise barrier formed by a series of vertically disposed concrete panels that are placed in end to end abutment. Each adjacent pair of panels is provided with a socket-like joint that allows the panels to be angularly adjusted in assembly.

Abstract: A self-elevating wood splitter is disclosed which includes an arrangement for selectively adjusting the vertical position of the wood-supporting frame of the splitter. The splitter includes a height adjusting arrangement which generally comprises a pair of four-bar linkages, and further includes an elevating mechanism which permits the hydraulic actuator of the splitter to be employed for operating the height adjusting arrangement to effect raising and lowering of the splitter's frame. A locking mechanism is provided which includes a pair of adjustment members operatively associated with the height adjusting mechanism of the splitter. Notably, the arrangement operates such that the wood-supporting frame can be raised by operation of the elevating mechanism before selective adjustment of the locking mechanism is effected.

Abstract: This log splitting attachment is for use with tractors having the three-point tractor lift assembly, and it is designed to lower down to large logs to be split, and it is also easily pivoted upside down, to split smaller pieces of logs that have been pre-split by the attachment. Primarily, the device consists of an elongated frame, having an hydraulically operated wedge device for splitting logs quickly and safely, and it further includes a hand lever, to prevent rotation of the frame when the attachment is in use.

Abstract: A saddle rod for bicycles and like vehicles which is in the form of a tube that is engaged and secured within a mating tube of a cycle frame. A head is affixed to the upper end of the tube and a carriage formed of two clamping flanges for the wires of the saddle frame, is connected to the head by a single screw for assembling the elements. Hence, the saddle relative to the saddle rod is secured after lengthwise and angular adjustment.

Abstract: A saddle support device for a bicycle, comprising a support member fixed to the upper portion of a seat post and a mechanism clamping a saddle frame and having a receiving member seated onto the support member and a holding member, said saddle frame being compressed between said receiving and holding members. The upper surface of the support member and the lower surface of the receiving member have spherical profiles, thereby making it possible to adjust the saddle not only in vertical angles longitudinally and laterally of the bicycle but also in rotation around the lengthwise axis of a locking member which draws the holding and receiving members together.

Abstract: A prefabricated handrail assembly is conformable for use along horizontal or inclined surfaces and is characterized by being adjustable in accordance with the pitch or degree of rise along the surface while retaining the upper and lower rail portions in spaced parallel relation to one another with the balusters extending vertically between the rail portions. Fasteners at opposite ends of the rail portions will automatically conform to differences in the angle between the rail portions and end posts to which they are connected, and a unique bracket or hold-down device is provided for connection to each newel post.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a tractor supported log splitter is disclosed to accommodate reorientation of the splitter with respect to the tractor hitch. The mounting arrangement includes a hitch adapter which supports a female socket, and a male plug connected to the log splitter which is adapted to be received within the female socket. Relative angular repositioning of the log splitter is provided by relative movement of the male plug within the female socket, with a locking mechanism provided so that the log splitter may be releasably locked in the selected position. In this way, the log splitter may be used in a conventional fashion by positioning logs atop its cutting table, or it may be rotated along a line generally parallel to the line of cutting action of the splitter so that logs may be split while they are on the ground without having to lift them onto the splitter cutting table.

Abstract: A graphite target disk for a rotating anode x-ray tube is adapted for mounting it on a rotor stem in a manner which reduces the probability of the target cracking when it is subjected to high magnitude thermal and rotational shocks. The graphite disk has a counterbore in its front and rear faces which are connected with a smaller central bore so the counterbores define annular shoulders. A washer having a slot which serves as a keyway is brazed concentrically onto the shoulder of the front counterbore. The rotor stem has a threaded end which registers complementarily in the slot to effect a driving connection and the stem has a radially extending shoulder which interfaces with the shoulder in the rear counterbore. A nut on the threaded stem end secures the target to the stem.

Abstract: A bicycle seat post for supporting a saddle on a bicycle frame. A tube cap is secured to the upper end of a tube and provides a cylindrical-segment upper surface. There is a generally cylindrical concentric inner surface, and an oversize upward passage through both surfaces. A cylindrical swivel pin is in engagement with the inner surface. The saddle has a rigid frame that is to be clamped between upper and lower clamp members. The lower clamp member has an upper clamping surface and a lower cylindrical-segment surface in engagement with the cylindrical upper surface of the tube cap. The upper clamp member has a lower clamping surface and a threaded vertical opening. The assembly is held together by a single bolt, preferably extending up from the bottom of the tube cap, through a diametric opening in the swivel pin, through an opening through the lower clamp member, and into the threaded opening of the upper clamp member, tightening all the members together and to the saddle.

Abstract: A saddle carriage is provided which is designed to fit onto a cycle stem and carry a saddle. The carriage comprises a support which can be secured to the cycle stem, the support having an upwardly concave, substantially horizontal, cylindrical sector which, in use, overhangs laterally relative to the stem. Superimposed upper and lower jaws are provided for gripping portions, e.g. wires of the saddle, the lower jaw having a lower surface which conforms to the cylindrical sector of the support. A nut and bolt or the like are provided for holding the jaws together, and the lower jaw or the support has a slot which permits relative displacement of the lower jaw and the support despite the presence of the bolt.

Abstract: A photographic apparatus including a telescopic extender connected between a camera and an electronic flash or strobe unit by a pair of universal joints at the respective ends of the extender. The extender and flash unit may be selectively adjusted to virtually any position with respect to the camera and the subject being photographed. In one embodiment the universal joint coupling the extender to the camera is a ball type joint. In another embodiment the universal joint is an adjustable swivel joint which permits rotation about two mutually perpendicular axis. Elements are provided for retaining the flash unit and extender in a compact storage position. The flash extender described may comprise a plurality of oval shaped telescoping sections. The strobe unit consists of two separate housings, a main housing for the power source and a second housing for the flash lamp and trigger element therefor.

Abstract: A railing is secured to a base by means of a mounting assembly comprising an upright mounting post provided at its lower end with a foot that is bolted against a mounting block on the base. The upper surface of the mounting block and the lower surface of the foot correspond to complementary surfaces of a segment of a torus and the bolt that passes through the two elements is offset from a radius of rotation of the torus. The mounting post is adjusted by displacing the mounting block underneath its foot until the post is perfectly vertical.

Abstract: Adjustable saddle support for bicycle comprising a pillar, a head and means for supporting a saddle in an adjustable position, said means being in engagement with said head by way of at least a pair of complementary curved surfaces under the action of a single coupling member.

Abstract: An adjustable mounting bracket composed of two strap-like bracket members having elongate concavo-convex ends forming generally oval-shaped cup-like coupling elements disposed in ball and socket-like interfitting relation with the convex side of one element positioned in the concave side of the other element and joined by a fastener which may be loosened to permit ball and socket-like relative angular adjustment of the coupling elements in their lengthwise and transverse directions without relative rotation of the elements and about the fastener and thereby relative angular adjustment of the bracket members. One bracket member has means for attachment to a support and the other bracket member has means for attachment to the article to be supported. The particular mounting bracket described is a generally L-shaped bracket for use as an automobile antenna mount.